Youth Development

Nigeria’s Flamingos delivered a near perfect performance in Abidjan as captain Harmony Chidi’s first half hat trick inspired a dominant 5-0 victory over Guinea in the second round first leg of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier. Akeem Busari’s side put on a five-star show at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny on Saturday, […]

Nigeria’s U-17 girls touched down in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday night, completing a journey via Lomé as they set their sights on a crucial first leg result against Guinea this Saturday in Abidjan. The Flamingos have arrived in Abidjan, setting the stage for Saturday’s 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Guinea. The team

Ladan Bosso has confirmed to FootballInNigeria.com.ng that he wants the Nigeria U-23 Olympic Eagles coaching job, entering a race that already features Samson Siasia and Daniel Amokachi as the NFF works through its shortlist for one of Nigerian football’s most consequential age-grade appointments. Ladan Bosso did not wait to be approached. The 58 year old

Abdu Maikaba has wasted no time in his new role, naming a 35-player Flying Eagles squad for the WAFU B U-20 Championship camp opening in Abuja on Saturday, with European-based players from Croatia, Spain, Ukraine and the Czech Republic included alongside the best of Nigeria’s domestic talent. Camp opens: Saturday, May 16, 2026 — Federal

Switzerland-based Nigerian youth football coach Adeyemi Adedeji Anthony has offered an emphatic endorsement of the NFF’s simultaneous appointments of Abdu Maikaba and Eboboritse Uwejamomere, saying the double selection places the future of Nigerian youth football in safe hands. When a coach working within European youth football systems validates appointments made by the NFF’s youth football

Eboboritse Uwejamomere has described his appointment as Golden Eaglets head coach as the realisation of thirteen years of deliberate preparation, taking charge of a programme that has failed to qualify for three consecutive FIFA U-17 World Cups and three editions of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. When the Nigeria Football Federation handed Eboboritse Uwejamomere

Abdu Maikaba has wasted no time putting his technical structure in place after his appointment as Flying Eagles head coach, naming three backroom staff members as the Nigeria U-20 side prepares to resume camp in Abuja on Sunday ahead of July’s WAFU B U-20 Boys Championship. The machinery of Nigerian youth football is moving again.

Nigeria’s Falconets have been seeded into Pot 2 for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup group stage draw, which takes place on Friday at the EC1 Cultural Centre in Lodz, Poland, alongside USA, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and New Zealand. The Falconets will know their group stage opponents by Friday evening after FIFA confirmed their

Cas Jordan Fakolujo is a young goalkeeper with Nigerian and English heritage. He has just signed with Fulham’s Under-9 academy. His family was there to witness it. And Nigerian football has another young name to file away for the future. Cas Jordan Fakolujo has officially joined the Fulham FC Under-9 academy, becoming the latest young

Noah Ajayi is 17 years old, 188cm tall, and has just finished his debut scholarship season at Manchester United with seven goals. His father is Nigerian. Nigeria should be paying very close attention. Noah Ajayi brought his 2025/26 Manchester United Under-18 season to a close in the most fitting way possible, scoring twice in a